31 Jan
2010
31 Jan
'10
11:03 p.m.
On 1/6/2010 2:36 PM, Seth Morabito wrote:
Sorry to dredge up an old topic, but I meant to respond and it's taken
this long.
Probably the most interesting thing about it is that it's something of a
mystery! The original project was designed by Jeri Ellsworth (of the C64
DTV project), but the schematics and design docs were permanently lost
and Jeri moved on to new projects. Even now, the maintainers are making
new discoveries about how the damn thing is put together and how to
write cores for it. They're reverse-engineering their own product.
Due to some significant disagreements over the design of the PCB and
compensation, Jeri all but abandoned the C1 and directed her efforts to
the DTV. Jens, who had the money invested, took the boards, some other
FPGA developers, and went his own way.
The truth of who's right and who's wrong may never be known, but that is
why Jen has precious little of the information.
It's a shame, truly it is, because it could have been the minimig or a
similar system, selling lots of units. As it is, its history is
significantly marred by a disagreement between the designer and the
manufacturer.
Jim
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